Dr. Sid Roberts - Columns for the Lufkin News

Facebook and YouTube are full of graduation speeches that go viral and become memes representing personal life views, political stances, or ...

One of the most feared illnesses today is Alzheimer’s disease. Aloysius Alzheimer, a German psychiatrist and neuropathologist, first describ...

All of us, at some point, have pondered what it means to have a “good” death. A common theme is to fall asleep in one’s own bed and simply n...

Over the last few months, a rapid rise of vaping related acute lung disease has come to light. Both the CDC and the Food and Drug Administra...

Weight loss is always high on most people’s New Year’s resolution list. For something that is desired by so many of us, it is surprising how...

The IRS requires charitable hospital organizations to conduct a community health needs assessment (CHNA) every three years and to adopt an i...

Much is known about what influences the health of a community, including individual health behaviors as well as social and economic determ...